English
ancienty
Ancienty comes from Old French anciien ‘former, ancient’, and goes back to Vulgar Latin *anteānus.
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*anteānusreconstructed
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400anciienas ancien‘former, ancient’
- Old French, derivedc. 842–1400ancienete
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600ancienneté
- Englishearliest quotation 1593ancienty
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*anteānusreconstructed
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400anciienas ancien‘former, ancient’
- Old French, derivedc. 842–1400ancienete
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600ancienneté
- Englishearliest quotation 1593ancienty
Earliest quotation: 1593, Lancelot Andrewes: “That which hee ſpeaketh of Magna charta, albeit he…”
Every English word from Vulgar Latin *anteānus
Today it means
noun age; antiquity
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Vulgar Latin *anteānus / ancienty